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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: Dr. Blackheart on October 06, 2017, 10:44:18 PM

Title: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on October 06, 2017, 10:44:18 PM
In with the ....  Landsharks!

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20939377/ole-miss-rebels-retire-rebel-bear-mascot-replaced-landshark
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: GGGG on October 07, 2017, 05:58:33 AM
They are replacing their mascot, not the nickname.  Rebel the Bear was their mascot.  As beloved as Bleauteax was by Marquette.

(http://socialsouthmag.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3893.jpg)
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: muwarrior69 on October 07, 2017, 08:58:03 AM
They are replacing their mascot, not the nickname.  Rebel the Bear was their mascot.  As beloved as Bleauteax was by Marquette.



Maybe we should change our Mascot to the "Ball Nipper".

https://www.wired.com/2014/07/sharks-arent-in-the-great-lakes-but-testicle-nipping-fish-are/
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on October 07, 2017, 09:02:31 AM
They are replacing their mascot, not the nickname.  Rebel the Bear was their mascot.  As beloved as Bleauteax was by Marquette.

(http://socialsouthmag.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3893.jpg)

They are having as much luck as Marquette in keeping a mascot.

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The as-yet named Landshark will replace Rebel the Bear, who was selected as the Ole Miss mascot in 2010. In 2003, the university retired Colonel Reb from the field in an effort to move away from symbols of the Old South.

Perhaps we should move on to Coneheads?
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on October 07, 2017, 09:14:22 AM
They are having as much luck as Marquette in keeping a mascot.

Perhaps we should move on to Coneheads?

Having suggested this, I found this article where this Conehead mascot was thought to be a Klansman...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-mtblog-2011-10-conehead_mascot_in_pointy_whit_1-story.html
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on October 09, 2017, 04:03:31 PM
They are replacing their mascot, not the nickname.  Rebel the Bear was their mascot.  As beloved as Bleauteax was by Marquette.

(http://socialsouthmag.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3893.jpg)

LOL!  Which is not-at-all.
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: cheebs09 on October 09, 2017, 04:10:25 PM
Wasn't there  movement for Admiral Ackbar? I think it should be reconsidered.
Title: Re: Out with the Rebels....
Post by: mikekinsellaMVP on October 09, 2017, 04:25:48 PM
Wasn't there  movement for Admiral Ackbar? I think it should be reconsidered.

+1.  Though I think it was the Mon Mothma-styled cheerleading outfits that torpedoed the first effort.